Vietnamese food in high demand in Laos ahead of Lunar New Year

Vientiane (VNA) – Many Vietnamese families in
Vientiane have switched their regular work to wrapping and boiling square
glutinous rice cake to meet high demand ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year
festival.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, member of a Vietnamese family in
Laos, said she could wrap 200 square and cylindrical glutinous rice cakes per
day but the supply is yet to meet the demand because the number of orders for
business partners and employees is huge, not to mention retail Vietnamese and
Lao consumers.

Thuy said Lao people are keen on glutinous food, especially
square glutinous rice cake. Each year on this occasion, her family consumes 2-3
tonnes of glutinous rice but the supply remains insufficient.

This year, Ha Thi Kim Loi hired two Lao workers to wrap
cakes which number over 100 per day.

According to her, most of the Vietnamese nationals buy
glutinous rice cakes as gift for Lao fellows.

In high demand was also pork pie which is not only for
family use but sent to their relatives abroad.-VNA